Printing Using The Serial Interface; Settings On The Printer - Xerox DocuPrint 305 User Manual

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Printing Using the Serial Interface

When printing using the serial interface, you need to specify the following settings on the
printer and the printer driver.

Settings on the Printer

Set the following settings using the control panel.
Refer to
• For details about each items on the control panel: "Serial" (P. 77)
1. Press the <Menu> button to display the Menu screen.
2. Select [Admin Menu] > [Network/Port] > [Serial] > [Port Status] by pressing the < >
< > < > buttons.
3. Set [Port Status] to [Enable].
4. According to the environment to use, set the size of receive buffer memory at [Buffer
Size] setting of [Allocate Memory] (default: 64 MB).
5. Set the parameters at [Admin Menu] > [Network/Port] > [Serial] (required).
Print Mode:
Adobe Protocol: Standard
Baudrate:
Stop Bit:
Parity:
Xon-Xoff Control: On
DTR Control:
Baudrate:
Stop Bit:
Parity:
Xon-Xoff Control: Off (set this item to Off when the print job includes binary data)
DTR Control:
Note
• Change [Adobe Protocol], [Baudrate], [Stop Bit], and [Parity] as needed. It is necessary to accommodate
the port setting of the printer driver to that of the printer.
• When doing hardware flow control (when setting [DTR Control] to [Active-High] or [Active-Low]), the
cable must be connected correctly to the signaling channel.
• When not doing hardware flow control, set [DTR Control] to [Fix-High] or [Fix-Low]. When using the
general Windows computer, set to [Fix-High].
• When not doing the hardware flow control, printing may not be executed correctly because of lost data.
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Example for using this printer as a PostScript printer
PS
9600bps
1bit
Not Available
Fix-High (when the host computer is Windows)
Example when printing the print job that includes binary data such as PCL, TIFF, and
PDF
9600bps
1bit
Not Available
Active-High (when the host computer is Windows)